“Perhaps the life of every thinking man may be divided into three eras —
the era of admiration
the era of action
the era of repose”
Preface to A Gallery of Literary Portraits, William Tait, Edinburgh 1845
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Listen, Little Man! (1948)
Context: They call you "Little Man", "Common Man"; they say a new era has begun, the "Era of the Common Man". It isn't you who says so, Little Man. It is they, the Vice Presidents of great nations, promoted labour leaders, repentant sons of bourgeois families, statesman and philosophers. They give you your future but don't ask about your past.
“We have entered 'The Era of the Three-Option Woman and the No-Option Man.”
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part 1: The Myth of Male Power, p. 52.
“This moment was the apotheosis of the postmodern era — the era of images and perceptions.”
"Fear and loathing" (2001)
Context: This moment was the apotheosis of the postmodern era — the era of images and perceptions. Wind conditions were also favourable; within hours, Manhattan looked as though it had taken 10 megatons.
“We went from the silent era to the sound era, and now we’ve done it again.”
Pirelli interview (2015)
Context: We went from the silent era to the sound era, and now we’ve done it again. Now that we’re digital, I assume we will stay digital for at least 50 years. Everybody says, "Oh, you’re going to replace actors." You can’t replace actors. We’ve created duplicates, clones, but they can’t act. They’re a computer, for God’s sake. If you think back to what was done in the Star Wars films, it unbridled people’s imaginations. That of course fueled the business at ILM because they were being approached more and more to keep raising the bar. Actors will not be replaced: worst case scenario, they’ll have to wear a lycra leotard!
“In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.”
Markings (1964)
Source: Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 (1973), p. vii.
“…Australian English may be thought of as a kind of fossilised Cockney of the Dickensian era.”
Non-Fiction, A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English (1992)
Before the match, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar told NDTV that the Kohli era has started, quoted on sports.ndtv, "Virat Kohli Proves His Era Has Begun, After Guiding India Into World T20 Semifinals" http://sports.ndtv.com/icc-world-twenty20-2016/news/256920-virat-kohli-proves-his-era-has-begun-after-guiding-india-into-world-t20-semifinals, March 27, 2016.